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- From: legrady@ug.cs.dal.ca (Tom Legrady)
- Subject: Re: 486 CPU KOOLERS FOR SALE
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- Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 16:18:40 GMT
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- csmith@plains.NoDak.edu (Carl Smith) writes:
-
- >I guess a more meaningful calculation would be to use the price
- >of the CPU. Grabbing the first (and probably overpriced) catalog
- >on my desk, I see they want $500 for a 486/33 (that seems a high, but
- >I'll use that number as an example). So $30 for a cooler is 6% of the
- >price of the CPU, so if it extends the CPU's life by more than 6%, it
- >has paid for itself in economical terms. (And I am sure that it will
- >extend the life by at least 6%). But again, this only matters if
- >you plan on keeping your PC long enough that long term heat induced
- >problems might occur. I do...
-
- I don't know about the exact relationship of heat and lifetime for
- electronics comnponents, but there is an inverse exponential effect on
- the life of high-intensity lamps, such as the ones used for stage
- lighting. I have to fudge the exact numbers, since I've been out of
- theatre for a number of years, but dropping a lamp to 90% full
- intensity generally doubles the expected life of a lamp. Dropping to
- 80% results in an unlimited expected life. Since our reaction to light
- is non-linear, dropping to 90% has little effect on preceived
- brightness. Since the lamps used cost $30 - $50 or more apiece and
- have an expected life ranging from 300 - 2000 hours, doubling the life
- is a desirable things to do. Of course, if you drop it, it still dies.
-
- I would suspect ( but without any evidence ) that similar effects hold
- with electronics, that a relatively minor reduction in heat would have
- a great effect on life and operation.
-
-
- Tom Legrady
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